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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would they have to hold out for in order to not be overrun?
(a) The rains.
(b) The snows.
(c) A truce.
(d) Wellington's army.

2. Why do Sharpe, Teresa, and Harper get in the bread ovens?
(a) To hide the gold.
(b) The French shells have set off the gunpowder prematurely.
(c) To hide from Cox.
(d) They do not get in the bread ovens.

3. For what does Sharpe say the gold is going to used?
(a) Paying the Partisans.
(b) Sharpe says he is not sure.
(c) Enriching Fernandid's pockets.
(d) Fighting the French.

4. What does Lawford reveal?
(a) That Sharpe has received a field promotion.
(b) That Harper has received a field promotion.
(c) That reinforcements are on the way.
(d) That both Sharpe and Harper have received a field promotion.

5. Why are Wellington and Hogan looking at a map?
(a) To figure out where they are.
(b) To figure out where the Partisans are.
(c) To see where Sharpe might be.
(d) To decide where the French are located.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what is Massena having problems?

2. Where do Sharpe and Teresa wake up?

3. How does Sharpe kill El Catolico?

4. What does Sharpe tell Kearsey about who killed Hardy?

5. What is the purpose of the historical notes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Kearsey angry with Sharpe and what is Sharpe's response?

2. What are the losses and who lives after the explosion?

3. What does Cox say when Sharpe asks permission to leave the fortress?

4. What of the Lines of Torres Vedras?

5. Describe Almeida.

6. How is Sharpe faring with the wound he receives?

7. Why will the Lines of Torres Vedras stop the French?

8. What happens before the telegraph can be sent?

9. Describe the fight between Sharpe and El Catolico.

10. How does Sharpe discover that the French are nearby when Sharpe's company approaches the Coa River?

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